CFUW-Ottawa Speakers' Series & General Meetings

2025-2026

Meetings are held at Riverside United Church, 3191 Riverside Drive

and on ZOOM 

Club Business Meeting Follows

2025

7:00 pm, Monday, September 22nd - Season Opener

7:00 pm, Monday, October 6th (Hybrid)  – Jennifer Ditchburn, Journalist, President of the Institute for Research on Public Policy

Topic: A 'Fireside chat'

7:00 pm, Monday, November 3rd (Hybrid) - Dr. Myra J. Hird, Full Professor, School of Environmental Studies, Queen’s University

Topic: Microplastics

2026

7:00 pm, Monday, January 5th (Zoom) – Speaker TBD

Topic: TBD

7:00 pm, Monday, February 2nd (Zoom) – Speaker TBD

Topic: TBD

7:00 pm, Monday, April 6th (Zoom) – Speaker TBD

Topic: TBD

7:00 pm, Monday, May 5th (Hybrid) – Dr. Ruth Slack, Director, University of Ottawa Brain and Mind Research Institute (uOBMRI), Professor, Faculty of Medicine 

&

Dr. Katey Rayner, Chief Scientific Officer and Vice President of Research at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute

Topic: Brain-Heart Interconnectome(BHI), Research and Innovation, University of Ottawa

7:00 pm, Monday, June TBD - CFUW-Ottawa Annual General Meeting